Now Arkema has commercial carbon nanotubes.(MATERIALS MARKETPLACE)

From: British Plastics & Rubber | Date: February 1, 2006 | Copyright information

ARKEMA has doubled its capacity for carbon nanotubes and started tip a pilot plant for commercially-priced materials. Carbon nanotubes have wide-ranging potential in plastics and composites as reinforcements and for electrical conductivity. The company started its R & D into carbon nanotubes in 2003, and a year ago announced a partnership with Zyvex of the USA to develop applications for carbon nanotubes.

It has now inaugurated a plant at its Lacq Research Center in Aquitaine, France. The plant operates a patented catalysis process, and can produce up to 10 tonnes per year. A ...

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